Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)

Question

When I run

Get-WmiObject win32_SystemEnclosure -Computer hostname | select serialnumber

it works for both local and remote hosts.

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Answer 1

If you've tried some of the suggestions in the other answers, most notably:

• David Brabant's answer: confirming the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) inbound firewall rule is enabled
• Abhi_Mishra's answer: confirming DCOM is enabled in the Registry

Then consider other common reasons for getting this error:

• The remote machine is OFF
• You specified an invalid computer name
• There are network connectivity problems between you and the target computer